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C Minor Scale on Guitar in Standard Tuning

The C Minor scale consists of the following sounds: C, D, E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭. The intervals present in the scale are: unison, major second, minor third, perfect fourth, perfect fifth, minor sixth (aka. augmented fifth), minor seventh. In terms of semitone steps, the scale is built using the following sequence: root, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, half step, whole step.

C Minor scale sounds, intervals and semitone steps sequence
Scale information
Scale sounds C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭
Scale intervals 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7
Steps R W H W W H W

C Minor Scale Harmonization

Diatonic and seventh chords of in the C Minor scale
Chords in scale
Diatonic chords
Function nameTonicSupertonicMediantSubdominantDominantSubmediantLeading Tone / Subtonic
Diatonic sounds
C
E♭
G
D
F
A♭
E♭
G
B♭
F
A♭
C
G
B♭
D
A♭
C
E♭
B♭
D
F
Diatonic intervals
1
♭3
5
1
♭3
♭5
1
3
5
1
♭3
5
1
♭3
5
1
3
5
1
3
5
Chord extension
7th chords in scale
7th chords
7th sound
B♭
C
D
E♭
F
G
A♭
7th interval
♭7
♭7
7
♭7
♭7
7
♭7

Related Scales

C Minor Scale in Alternative Tunings

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